Shovel handle



Nov. 8, A1927.

H. L. BAssETT SHOVEL 'HANDLE Filed Maron 13. 192e lietentecl Nov. 8, 1927.

HENRY LEE BASSETT, OF COLUMBUS, ININA.

SHOVEL HANDLE.

Application filed March 13, 1926.

The object ot my invention is to produce a @-handle, suitable for use as a shovel handle, which handle will be provided with a hollow sheet-metal head having the appearance, balance, and other desirable features of a wooden [t-handle. More specifically, it is the object ot my invention to produc-e a sheet-metal head for a shovel handle, which head will be as desirable as other sheetmetal heads and more desirable than some, but will be much less costly to manufacture.

I accomplish the above objects by forming my handle head ot two similar sheet-metal stan'ipings whose meeting edges are substantially co-planar with the axis ot' the handle grip; and at points where such two stampngs meet, I weld them together in order to form a complete hollow handle `which will have substantially the appear" ance ot solid metal.

The accoinpanying drawing illustrates my invention: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a handle embodying my invention with a portion ot the head broken away; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fiom 1; and F ig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 ot Fig. 1.

My handle-head, when complete, com prises a stale-socket 10 adapted to receive the stale 11 and to be fastened thereto as by means ot one or more rivets 12. The stalesocket is conveniently tapered, as indicated in the drawings. From the upper end of the stale-socket two arms 13 extend outwardly and upwardly, such arms being provided at their upper ends with opposed sockets 14 for the reception of the handle-grip 15 which is preferably ot wood. The grip 15 is held in place in the grip sockets 14 by means of a rivet 16 which passes longitudinally through the grip preferably on a line spaced from the center oi' the grip-soclirets 14 in order that the rivet may prevent turning ot the grip in the grip sockets.

The arms 13 are hollow arms, are D shaped in cross-section, and taper gradually in both width and thickness throughout their length, the arms being thickest; and widest when they join the stale-socket, as is clear from the drawing. The metal forming the inside of the arms is curved continuously across the end of the stale-socket in order completely to close the socket and to present a pleasing appearance in the finished handle.

Serial No. 94.610.

I form the sheet-metal handle head above described from two sheet-metal stampings A and B which are preferably exactly similar in order that any two ot them may form a complete head. rIhe sections A and B meet each other in the longitudinal plane through the axis ot' the grip 15 and at their meet-ing edges are welded in order to hold them together. The welding need not be continuous throughout the length of the meeting edges of the two head-halves A and I5. I have 'found it convenient to weld the two sections A and B together at the sides of the .stale socket and across the outer 'faces of the grip sockets. The welding at the grip sockets may be continued along the outside of each ot the arms 13 to the point where the outer surfaces of such arms begin to curve inwardly to meet the stale-sockets.

Each halt ot the handle-head comprises one-halt of the stale socket 10, one-half of each of the arms 13, and one-haltl oit each oit the grip sockets 14. I-Iollow sheet-metal heads Ator shovel handles have been made beiore, as I am aware, but prior methods of manufacture have either failed to produce a handle having the appearance of a solid head or have been costly to carry out.

Such a handle as I have described has the pleasing appearance of a solid handle. It is -fully adequate in strength to sustain the forces to which it is subject in use, and as it is hollow it is not excessively heavy.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hollow sheet-metal D-handle head, comprising a stale-socket adapted to receive a stale, said stale socket having a closed end,

rtwo curved tubular arms extending from the closcdend of said socket, said arms'being provided with opposed grip sockets, said head being formed of two sheet-metal stampings whose meeting edges are located substantially in that longitudinal plane of the head which contains the centers of the grip-sockets, said two stampings being weld ed together.

2. A hollow sheet-metal D-handle head, comprising a stale-socket adapted to receive a stale, said stale socket having a closed end, two curved tubularv arms extending Yfrom the cl-osed end of said socket, said arms being provided with opposed grip sockets, said head being formed of two sheet-metal stampings whose meeting edges are located Cil Substantially in that longitudinal plane of the head which contains the centers of the grip-sockets. n

Y 3. A hollow sheet-metal head for a D-han dle, said head Comprising a stale socket and two tubular arms, and opposed grip Sockets on said a1-ins, said head being 'formed of two similar sheet-metal stampings which meet Substantially in that longiudinal plane of the head which contains the center of Said grip sockets.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand at ndianapolis, Indiana, this elev enth day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

HENRY LEE BASSETT. 

